CHANGE!! Movies for February 2017: Manchester By The Sea and Lion

Nic hosting for February. There is a change to what was previously announced.

The movies to see are:

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Writer: Kenneth Lonergan

Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler

Lion (2016)

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director: Garth Davis
Writers: Saroo Brierley (adapted from the book "A Long Way Home" by), Luke Davies (screenplay)
Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara

Movies for January 2017: La La Land and Loving

Please note that we will start at 7PM (instead of 7:30PM) starting in January 2017.

Steve is hosting in January and the movies to see are:

La La Land (2016)

A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt

Loving (2016)

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

Director: Jeff Nichols

Writer: Jeff Nichols

Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton 

Movies for December 2016: Moonlight and Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Carl is hosting in December and the movies to see are:

Moonlight (2016)

A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Director: Barry Jenkins

Writers: Barry Jenkins (screenplay), Tarell McCraney (story by) (as Tarell Alvin McCraney)

Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Taika Waititi (screenplay), Barry Crump (based on the book by)

Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata

Movies for November 2016: The Accountant and The Infiltrator

Don is hosting for November and the movies to see are:

The Infiltrator (2016)

A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. 

Director: Brad Furman 

Writers: Ellen Sue Brown (screenplay) (as Ellen Brown Furman), Robert Mazur 

Stars: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger 

The Accountant (2016)

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

 

Director: Gavin O'Connor 

Writer: Bill Dubuque 

Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons 

Movies for October 2016: Young Frankenstein and Sully

Jon is hosting for October and the movies to see are:

Young Frankenstein (1974)

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. 

Director: Mel Brooks  

Writers: Gene Wilder (screen story and screenplay),  Mel Brooks (screen story and screenplay), Mary Shelley (minor assistance) 

Stars: Gene Wilder,  Madeline Kahn,  Marty Feldman, Terri Garr, Kenneth Mars 

Important: Fathom Events is promoting a special showing of Yong Frankenstein on Wednesday, October 5th at the Cedar Hills Crossing 16 cinema at 5PM. Jon is suggesting that those who wish to meet there to see the movie on the big screen before the meeting. Click here for details and to buy tickets.

Sully (2016)

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers. If this movie had been made in the 50's it would have been called "Terror in the Skies". In the 60's it would have been "The Goose is Cooked." In the 70's, Charlton Heston would have played the lead. 

Director: Clint Eastwood  

Writers: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay),  Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow (based on their book "Highest Duty")

Movies for September 2016: Florence Foster Jenkins and Sophie's Choice

John C is hosting in September and the movies to watch are:

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Nicholas Martin

Stars: Meryl Streep,  Hugh Grant,  Simon Helberg

Sophie's Choice (1982) 

A warm hearted look at family dynamics as Sophie, a carefree mom, tries to decide which brand of margarine will make her children happy. Will she choose Imperial or Parkay?

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Writers: William Styron (based on the novel: "Sophie's Choice" by),  Alan J. Pakula (screenplay)

Stars: Meryl Streep,  Kevin Kline,  Peter MacNicol

Movies for August 2016: The Deer Hunter and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Bill is hosting in August and the movies to see are:

The Deer Hunter (1978)

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. 

Director: Michael Cimino  

Writers: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker  

Stars: Robert De Niro,  Christopher Walken,  John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. 

Director: Michel Gondry  

Writers: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth  

Stars: Jim Carrey,  Kate Winslet,  Tom Wilkinson